The mayor and other elected officials in Washington DC want to bring back a major league baseball team to the city. And, as in many other cities, they want to pay for it in large part with government funds. Fortunately, not all of DC’s leaders are going along with the program. Two council members, Adrian Fenty and David Catania, declared their opposition in a letter to the Washington Post:

Bringing a major league baseball team back to Washington would be great for the District, but not if the price is a huge public subsidy. It’s far more important for D.C. residents and for the future of the District to focus on issues such as schools, health care, public safety, employment, affordable housing, opportunities for youth, neighborhood development, libraries and environmental protection. These are the priorities raised by residents at community meetings and citizens’ summits sponsored by the mayor. For this reason, we cannot support a proposal to finance a baseball stadium entirely, or even substantially, with public funds.

On this issue, alas, Ralph Nader makes a lot more sense than many Republicans.

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